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And she was round the corner from me - what are the chances! Quite likely actually as we had arranged to meet up, but still a delight!

I got excited and met up with her, hadn't seen her in a good length of time. She is travelling with her boyfriend Alex and were in the big QT for a few days. Preparations were made and a night out that evening was planned. I headed home.

Me and Fi.

My phone rings again. This time its someone else. It's Freya! Another person I hadn't seen in a while.

"We'll be there soon."

They'll be here soon! Crikey O'Reilly! Do we even have enough floor space?! There's 5 of them? But how can you be concerned about such things when you see old friends?

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Just for a giggle me and Katie (my good friend from work, albeit she's an American) did a paraflight. It's where you're pulled behind a boat using a parachute. Complicated physics involved - the boat goes really quick so you stay airborne, but when it slows down, as the driver (or should it be Captain?) did a few times, you fall pretty quickly and you prepare yourself for a freezing death. Good views though!

Me and Miss Lien pre-launch.

We got a lot of waves from passers-by. I think it was 'cos we were wearing matching shoes.

Lake Wakatipu from the top. Boat, rope, camera, parachute, you get the picture.

Paraflights, putting the "fun" in "fun-times" since some time in the past that's been gone and already happened at some point previously.

Monday, January 01, 2007

QT gets VERY busy over New Year - it's seen as the party capital of the south island and as a result it attracts loads and loads of people. There were lots of bands playing and fireworks and all that jazz. Was a fun night.

Start the year with a bang.

Weeeee. Ahhhhh. Ohhhhhh. And other associated noises.

As a treat we went to the Minus 5˚ bar. It's a bar made entirely of ice. Your drinks get served in ice, the seats are ice, the floor is ice. You get the drift. Was a quite a "cool" experience. There were loads of fancy-dan ice sculptures and what-not and after you'd finished your drink you could either throw the glass away (common) or simply eat it (optional).

You're only allowed in for half an hour otherwise I think you'd die. This man had grown a silly beard purely for insulation purposes.